cyphesis/rules/python/PythonClass.h

// Cyphesis Online RPG Server and AI Engine
// Copyright (C) 2011 Alistair Riddoch
//
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#ifndef RULESETS_PYTHON_CLASS_H
#define RULESETS_PYTHON_CLASS_H

#include <string>
#include <boost/optional.hpp>
#include "external/pycxx/CXX/Objects.hxx"

/// \brief Factory interface for creating scripts to attach to in game
/// entity objects.
class PythonClass {
  protected:
    /// \brief Name of the script package where the script type is
    std::string m_package;
    /// \brief Name of the script type instanced by this factory
    std::string m_type;
    /// \brief Base class object this should inherit from
    //struct _typeobject * m_base;

    /// \brief Module object which contains the script class
    Py::Module m_module;
    /// \brief Class object to be instanced when creating scripts
    boost::optional<Py::Callable> m_class;

    PythonClass(const std::string & package,
                const std::string & type);

    int getClass(const Py::Module& module);
    int load();
    int refresh();

  public:
    ~PythonClass();
};

#endif // RULESETS_PYTHON_CLASS_H